The Department of Literary Arts Contemporary Writers Reading Series brings to the Brown campus distinguished and experimental writers, providing access to significant voices in contemporary literature.

Participating Authors

Note: All Writers Online audio files require RealPlayer, a free mp3 player.

Mairead Byrne

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 10/24/07 | Run time: 24:40]
• "Parking" / "Personal Insurance" / "Revision" / "Rose Colored Spectacles" / "Shingle" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 10/24/07 | Run time: 6:45]

Kevin Davies

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 09/26/07 | Run time: 39:23]

Trevor Joyce

• Full Reading
  [Recorded: 10/24/07 | Run time: 34:27]
• "Anonymous Love Songs from the Irish"/ "Folk Song from the Hungarian" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 10/27/07 | Run time: 5:39]
• "Long Songs from a Dead Tongue" (excerpt)
  [Recorded: 10/27/07 | Run time: 5:45]